ClimateDesk: In the US context, the idea of putting a tax on carbon is going nowhere fast. While the policy has been championed by liberal legislators and by a few conservative apostates, like former South Carolina Rep. Bob Inglis, mainstream Republican sentiment remains opposed to climate action. For the moment, many lawmakers remain too busy denying the reality of human-caused climate change.
Cross our northwestern border, though, and a carbon tax isn`t just an idea, it`s a reality. Five years ago, the Canadian...